Transcript: ‘How to Prepare for AGI A ccording to Reid Hoffman’ ‘AI & I’ with the Linkedin cofounder and early OpenAI board member
Jan 29, 2025 · 49 min read Updated Jun 22, 2026
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Timestamps
Introduction: 00:01:29
Patterns in how we’ve historically adopted technology: 00:02:50
Why humans have typically been fearful of new technologies: 00:07:02
How Reid developed his own sense of agency: 00:13:25
The way Reid thinks about making investment decisions: 00:20:08
AI as a “techno-humanist” compass: 00:29:40
How to prepare yourself for the way AI will change knowledge work: 00:35:30
Why equitable access to AI is important: 00:41:39
Reid’s take on why private commons will be beneficial for society: 00:45:15
How AI is making Silicon Valley’s conception of the “quantified self” a reality: 00:47:23
The shift from symbolic to sub-symbolic AI mirrors how we understand intelligence: 00:52:14
Reid’s new book, Superagency : 01:03:29
Transcript
Dan Shipper (00:01:30)
Reid, welcome to the show.
Reid Hoffman (00:01:31)
It’s great to be here and great to be doing this in person.
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